City Notes
As bold statements go, the entrance to Los Angeles restaurant Petty Cash is as bold as they come; native Angeleno Ricardo Estrada's mural depicting a formidable Mexican matriarch, known as the Gatekeeper, towers over and to either side of the front...
The Edit
As artists Andi Schmied and Sofia Valiente are both interested in community and society, but the latest projects from the two photographers show very different – albeit complimentary – viewpoints on those themes. The pair are exhibiting together...
City Notes
Places such as Portland's Langbaan have been dubbed “unrestaurants” for their deviation from the conventions of the city's dining scene – keeping odd hours and occupying unusual premises – but don't let the added prefix leave any negative...
Journal
Maybe it's the hardcore at CBGB; Reed waiting for his man; Warhol's Factory; Blondie pioneering new wave, disco giving guitars groove. Maybe it was watching '80s TV movie The Children of Times Square as a kid, seduced by the grit, the lights, the...
City Notes
The World’s End Market, on the west side of Chelsea’s infamous Kings Road, opened a mere two months ago - following the success of The Crystal Palace Market, it is no wonder the founders of The Markets Group sought a new location. Taking...
Journal
I braved the snow, the sleet and the rain and headed to Copenhagen for a brand new design show, Northmodern. In its inaugural year, it is still fairly tiny, but well-edited, so I discovered some real stars from Denmark and beyond....
City Notes
Melburnians who like to venture further than the end of their road may have come across previous hospitality ventures from Luke Mutton and Kylie Mackinlay – Dead Man Espresso in South Melbourne and Seddon's Common Galaxia are on their CV – and...
The Edit
Jonas Wood and Shio Kusaka - one a painter and the other a potter – extend their partnership from married life to creative practice and are currently exhibiting together at Gagosian Hong Kong. Blackwelder features the former's paintings and works...
City Notes
The storied legacy of the movie biz is everywhere you look in Los Angeles, but there are some interesting sights that aren't on the tourist maps. Take this 1929 building in central L.A. It's a grand looking place in itself, but it occupies a little...
The Edit
As a photographer and picture editor for some of Iran's leading newspapers, Abbas Kowsari has been uniquely placed to see every side to what appears (from the outside at least) to be an impenetrable country. Although many of the papers he has worked...
City Notes
If only every day was a beer garden day! Alas, those of us who live too far north of the equator are forced to huddle together indoors for warmth during the inclement months, but in Indonesia it's shorts weather all year round – even when it's...
Stuff Crush
By 'eck, you see it all at Butlin's. Once the preserve of the average British family looking for a summer escape in the pre-package holiday era, Butlin's guest numbers dwindled as cheap foreign flights to exotic locales tempted away their core...
City Notes
Salon Volta is a new barbershop in Laval, Quebec, that rethinks the familiar codes of grooming through a concept centred on craft and community. Moving away from the traditional model, the project positions itself as a space where barbering unfolds...
City Notes
Interior design studio and creative consultancy Ste Marie has completed Olia Ristorante and Mimi Bar, a pair of hospitality venues conceived as a day-to-night sequence at the base of new residential tower Citizen on Jasper. Commissioned by Corso 32...
City Notes
On a private estate in central Ukraine, YOD Group has reimagined the traditional mazanka — the archetypal rural home — for the contemporary era. These 50 square metre guesthouses reinterpret the vernacular, translating thick whitewashed walls...
City Notes
Situated at the edge of Montmartre, where Pigalle’s energy meets Parisian rooftops, Hôtel Rochechouart is a 1929 Art Deco landmark given a contemporary pulse. Design duo Festen has restored the building’s historic details while threading a...
Dispatches
Some people discover mixology behind a bar on a busy Friday night. Others come to it through years of hosting dinner parties, obsessing over flavor combinations, or spending too much money on bitters collections they absolutely did not need. However...
Dispatches
There was a time when wedding bar service meant a single bartender, a few bottles of wine, and maybe a keg if the couple was feeling casual. Those days are long gone. Today's couples are rethinking the bar as one of the most meaningful parts of the...
Dispatches
Do you want to give your bathroom a fresh, trendy look with new tile? Tiles in the bathroom do more than just keep water from getting on your walls and floors. They can also give your area a joyful, colourful, tranquil, or futuristic vibe. There are...
Dispatches
Traditional birdwatching frequently seems like a commitment. It may involve long-haul flights to remote locations, getting up early in the morning, and spending hours in uncertain weather. Even then, sightings can never be guaranteed. For many, the...